PBDB Collection

East Turkana - Area 123 - Upper Burgi (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Also known as ETE Locality 231, Area 123 - Upper Burgi,

Where: Kenya (3.9° N, 36.4° E: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 36.1° E)

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Burgi Member (Koobi Fora Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: Lokalalei and KBS Tuffs radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: lacustrine, ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: closed, littoral

• ETE rock type adj: ., ETE lithology comments: ostracod sands, silty diatomites

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

• ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 214, 213, 212, 211, 210, 209, 208, 207, 206, 205, 204, 203, 202, 152, 126, ; ETE museum list: NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF KENYA

Primary reference: C. S. Feibel. 1988. Paleoenvironments of the Koobi Fora Formation, Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 21418: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 21.05.1993

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Sindacharax sp.⁵, Labeo sp., Hyperopsius sp., Hemicypris sp., Stenocypris sp., Sclerocypris clavularis, Plesiocypridopsis newtoni, Sclerocypris jenkinae Sindacharax sp.⁵ Labeo sp. Hyperopsius sp. Hemicypris sp. Stenocypris sp. Sclerocypris clavularis Plesiocypridopsis newtoni Sclerocypris jenkinae
Bacillariophyceae
Rhopalodiales - Rhopalodiaceae	Rhopalodia cf. vermicularis Rhopalodia cf. vermicularis diatom ETE occurrence; species: Diatom
Actinopteri
Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae	Barbus sp.⁵ Barbus sp.⁵ Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
Siluriformes - Mochokidae	Synodontis sp.⁵ Synodontis sp.⁵ Cuvier 1816 upside down catfish
Characiformes - Alestidae	Hydrocynus sp.⁵ Hydrocynus sp.⁵ Cuvier 1816
Tetraodontiformes - Tetraodontidae	"Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon⁵ "Tetrodon sp." = Tetraodon⁵ Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia
Primates - Hominidae	Hominidae indet.⁴, Homo habilis⁴, Homo cf. erectus⁴ Hominidae indet.⁴ Gray 1825 ape Hominidae gen. et sp. indet. Homo habilis⁴ Leakey et al. 1964 human Homo cf. erectus⁴ Dubois 1892 human
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Rhinocolobus turkanaensis, Cercopithecoides williamsi Rhinocolobus turkanaensis Leakey 1982 monkey Cercopithecoides williamsi Mollet 1947 monkey
Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae	"Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis² "Hexaprotodon karumensis" = Hippopotamus karumensis² Coryndon 1977 hippo
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Kobus sigmoidalis³ Kobus sigmoidalis³ Arambourg 1941 antelope
Artiodactyla - Suidae	"Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti¹ "Notochoerus scotti" = Gerontochoerus scotti¹ Leakey 1943 pig
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae	Dasyatis africana Dasyatis africana Dartevelle and Casier 1959 whiptail stingray ETE occurrence; species: A-E.Turkana
Ostracoda
Podocopida - Darwinulidae	Darwinula stevensoni Darwinula stevensoni Brady and Robertson 1870 ostracod
Podocopida - Cyprididae	Cypris sp. Cypris sp. Müller 1776 ostracod
Podocopida - Ilyocyprididae	Ilyocypris gibba Ilyocypris gibba Ramdohr 1808 ostracod
Podocopida - Limnocytheridae	Limnocythere africana Limnocythere africana ostracod
Podocopida - Cytherideidae	Cyprideis torosa Cyprideis torosa ostracod
Podocopida - Lymnocytheridae	Gomphocythere angulata Gomphocythere angulata ostracod
Demospongiae
Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae	Coscinodiscus sp. Coscinodiscus sp. Schrammen 1937 demosponge ETE occurrence; species: diatom

¹Harris 1983; ²Harris 1991; ³Harris 1991; ⁴Isaac 1997; ⁵Schwartz 1983